Stain Kits
Hematoxylin W kit
Acid-resistant hematoxylin according to Weigert. Two-reagent kit that stains the nuclei blue-black, often a component of special staining kits for connective tissues.
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HemoGnost Perls kit
Three-reagent HemoGnost Perls (Prussian blue / Berlin blue) kit for the detection of reactive ferric (Fe3+) (not bound to haemoglobin) ions in cells. It is often applied on bone marrow and spleen cells.
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Luxol Fast Blue kit
Three-reagent kit for staining myelin and myelinated axons, Nissl bodies and phospholipids according to Kluwer-Barrera. The kit is used for identifying the basic neuronal structure in the brain or spinal cord sections.
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Mallory Trichrome kit
Three-reagent staining kit for connective tissue visualisation and detection of collagen, cartilage, muscle, elastic fibres, mucous, pituarity cells, reticulum, bones, amyloid and erythrocytes.
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Martius Scarlet Blue (MSB) kit
Seven-reagent kit used for fibrin visualisation, especially of older clusters. This method is a modification of Masson Trichrome and is ideal for studying connective tissue and vascular pathology.
Martius Scarlet Blue (MSB) kit, 6x100ml+1x250ml
Seven-reagent kit used for fibrin visualisation, especially of older clusters. This method is a modification of Masson Trichrome and is ideal for studying connective tissue and vascular pathology.
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Masson Fontana kit
Six-reagent melanin and argentaffin granule staining kit, based on the reduction of silver nitrate to elemental silver. Melanin is a brown-black pigment normally present in the hair, skin, retina, iris and certain parts of CNS. Argentaffin granules are found in carcinoid tumours.
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Masson Trichrome kit
Seven-reagent kit for staining muscle and collagen fibers with a blue counterstain. It is also used for visualizing gametes, nuclei, neurofibrils, glial cells, keratins and intercellular fibrils. The kit may be useful for detecting collagen in smooth muscle cancer or diseases like cirrhosis.
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Masson-Goldner Trichrome kit
Seven-reagent kit for staining muscle and collagen fibres with green counterstain. It is also used for visualising gametes, nuclei, neurofibrils, glial cells, keratins, intercellular fibrils and for differentiation of smooth muscle fibres and collagens.
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Mucicarmine kit
Mucicarmine kit is often used to identify primary tumour sites, distinguishing mucin-negative undifferentiated squamous cell lesions from mucin-positive adenocarcinomas. It can also be used as indicative of diseases such as asthma, bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cystic fibrosis.
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Oil Red O Kit
Four-reagent kit for selective staining and detection of fat cells and neutral fats according to Johnson. It can be used with frozen sections and fresh smears to detect obesity-linked pathologies such as dyslipidemia and diabetes type.
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Orcein kit
Five-reagent kit for visualisation of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) seen as viral inclusion bodies in hepatocytes, for elastic fibres and copper associated protein in tissue sections. It can be used with frozen sections.
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P.A.S. kit
Five-reagent Periodic Acid-Schiff kit for staining aldehydes, muccopolysaccharides, mucoproteins and lymphocytes according to Hotchkiss-McManus. P.A.S. staining may also be used for the demonstration of fungal organisms in tissue sections.
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P.A.S.M. / Jones kit, stabilised
Seven-reagent Periodic Acid Silver Methenamine kit for staining kidney glomerular basement membranes. Kit includes red counterstain which provides visually rich contrast to target structures stained black.
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Paraldehyde Fuchsin kit
Seven-reagent kit according to Gomori for detecting pathological changes in elastic fibres. It also stains mast cell granules, beta granules in pancreatic islets, neurosecretory material, mast cell granules and beta cells in the pituitary gland.
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Reticulin Contrast kit
Nine-reagent kit for detecting argyrophilic reticulin fibres according to Gordon and Sweets. The kit contains gold chloride solution that enhances visualisation of reticulin fibres and it also contains Nuclear Fast Red (Kernechtrot) reagent that enables fine contrasting background.
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Reticulin kit
Seven-reagent kit for detecting argyrophilic reticulin fibres. It clearly differentiates between collagen and reticulin and nerve fibres and connective tissue. The main function of reticular fibres is to provide support and are normally found in liver, lymph nodes, spleen and kidneys.
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Rhodanine Kit
Four-reagent kit for detecting copper and copper-associated protein (CAP) in patients suffering from Wilson’s disease. Abnormal copper accumulations are predominately found in liver tissue, but can also be found in the brain and cornea of the eyes.
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Sudan Black B Lipid kit
Four-reagent kit for specific lipid staining in cytochemistry. Sudan Black dye stains a few types of lipids, including neutral fats, phospholipids and sterols. It contains a double amount of Sudan Black B, solution.